NOTES: Elizka Kubinova from the Czech Republic broke into the win category on her fifth American mount as Get Going ($55) posted a huge upset in the sixth race. It was the sixth Emerald Downs mount for the 22-year-old apprentice jockey, whose previous best finish was a second aboard Solex Sisters on Sept. 3…Saturday’s late $0.50 Pick 4 paid $8,421 to one winning ticket…There were no winning tickets in the $0.50 Pick 5, creating a carryover of $2,027 to Sunday…Trainer Martin Pimentel saddled back-to-back long shot winners as Montelano ($18.60) remained unbeaten with a gate-to-wire victory in race two, and Sugar Blossom ($19.80) rallied to score in the third. The long-time assistant for the late Craig Roberts, Pimentel had struggled a tad this season with a 2-for-55 mark before Saturday…After saddling five winners at the Del Mar meeting, Vann Belvoir was back at Emerald Downs on Saturday and sent out Carina Run for a $32.60 upset in the fourth race. At Emerald Downs, Vann is tied for fifth place with 29 wins…Saturday’s opener, the 17th Quarter Horse race of the meet, was taken by Boise shipper Juan Full Corona ($8.80) in :18.46 seconds for 350 yards…Summers Peace, upset winner of the Washington State Legislators Stakes, led all the way under Kevin Krigger for a $19.20 surprise in a $33,000 allowance race on the turf at Golden Gate Fields… Live racing continues Sunday with a 10-race program at 2 p.m.
Over and Under comes out on top and jockey Elizka Kubinova get first win | Emerald Downs
Over and Under was resilient in the stretch and scored a neck victory Saturday over 3-to-5 betting favorite Berry Ledo in the feature race for 3-year-olds and up at Emerald Downs.
Over and Under was resilient in the stretch and scored a neck victory Saturday over 3-to-5 betting favorite Berry Ledo in the feature race for 3-year-olds and up at Emerald Downs.
Ridden by the amazingly hot Leslie Mawing, Over and Under ran one mile in 1 minute, 38.01 seconds on a fast track and paid $11.20, $3.80 and $2.60. Howard Belvoir is the winning owner, trainer and breeder.
For Mawing, it was his second of three wins on the day—his ninth straight multiple win day—and extended his string to 19 straight days with at least one victory overall. He’s 42-for-116 during the streak while extending his lead to 121-88 over Juan Gutierrez in the Thoroughbred jockeys’ standings.
Belvoir, meanwhile, climbed back within two wins of Frank Lucarelli, 50-48, in the Thoroughbred trainers’ standings. Only seven days remain in the 82-day meeting.
Berry Ledo, ridden by Joe Steiner, paid $2.20 and $2.10. It’s Our Pleasure, also trained by Belvoir and ridden by Jennifer Whitaker, rallied from far back to finish third and paid $2.40.
A 3-year-old Washington-bred gelding by He’s Tops, Over and Under is two-for-eight at the meet and 3-2-6 in 18 lifetime starts.
